# Global Night Commute > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Global_Night_Commute > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Global_Night_Commute.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Night_Commute > Source revision: 1325684725 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Worldwide event}} [[Image:globalnightcommute.jpg|thumb|Global Night Commute in [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon)]] [[File:GNC, Boston.JPG|thumb|[Boston](/source/Boston), [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts), displays its Global Message]] '''Global Night Commute''' was a worldwide event organized by the makers of the film ''[Invisible Children](/source/Invisible_Children)'' through the organization [Invisible Children, Inc.](/source/Invisible_Children%2C_Inc.) It took place on April 29, 2006. Youths from around the world walked to city centers and spent the night in parks to show support for [Ugandan](/source/Ugandan) children who walk every night into city centers attempting to avoid capture by the [Lord's Resistance Army](/source/Lord's_Resistance_Army) (LRA). == Overview == These children, between the ages of 3 and 17, from [Acholiland](/source/Acholiland) in Northern Uganda, are referred to as "night commuters". They walk up to 20 km (12 mi) from [internally displaced person](/source/internally_displaced_person) camps to larger towns, notably [Gulu](/source/Gulu), in search of safety from the LRA. The Global Night Commute was similar to other initiatives raising awareness about the plight of the children in Acholiland like the [Gulu Walk](/source/Gulu_Walk) that took place in over 40 cities internationally in October 2005; however, the Global Night Commute took place on a much larger scale. Over 58,000 people signed up to participate in the event, but over 80,000 attended in total; it took place in 130 cities in seven countries.{{cite web|title=Global Night Commute |url=http://www.invisiblechildren.com/theMovement/globalNightCommute/ |accessdate=2006-04-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060425060858/http://www.invisiblechildren.com/theMovement/globalNightCommute/ |archivedate=2006-04-25 |url-status=dead }} The goal of the event was to raise awareness and ultimately end Africa's longest running conflict by facilitating a change in the policies of the United States government. The slogan for the event is "On April 29th, we gathered. To make a difference. To end a war." ==References== *[http://www.worldmag.com/articles/11823 World Magazine Article on Global Night Commute] {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140602231413/http://www.invisiblechildren.com/ Invisible Children] *[https://www.fafo.no/publikasjoner/fafo-rapporter/night-commuting-in-gulu-northern-uganda Night commuting in Gulu, Northern Uganda | Fafo-report 549] '''Event photographs''' *[https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/globalnightcommute/interesting/ Flickr Collection] *[http://www.globalyouthfund.org/news/2006/04/photo-global-night-commute.html Vancouver, Canada] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311192849/http://www.globalyouthfund.org/news/2006/04/photo-global-night-commute.html |date=2007-03-11 }} *[http://gnc.erskinepictures.com Columbia, South Carolina]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *[https://www.flickr.com/photos/dr_love/sets/72057594121297011/ Portland, Oregon] *[http://www.ugpulse.com/collections/global-night-commute-washington-dc.asp Washington DC] *[https://tumai.blogspot.com/2006/05/global-night-commute-photos-by-amir.html Kansas City] '''Press''' *[https://archive.today/20070313164634/http://www.jhunewsletter.com/media/storage/paper932/news/2006/05/05/News/Students.Join.Global.Night.Commute.In.Washington.D.c-2241919.shtml Students join Global Night Commute in Washington, D.C.], ''[The Johns Hopkins News-Letter](/source/The_Johns_Hopkins_News-Letter)'' {{Invisible Children Inc.}} Category:2006 protests Category:Invisible Children Category:2006 in Uganda --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Global Night Commute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Night_Commute) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Night_Commute?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.